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Rising Spatial Disparities and Development

Kanbur, Ravi; Venables, Anthony J. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2005

such disparities are increasing, partly as a consequence of the uneven impact of trade openness and globalization. While …The UNU-WIDER project on 'Spatial Disparities in Human Development' has collected and analyzed evidence on the extent …

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Aid, Growth, and Jobs

Fields, Gary - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

Various development objectives are worthy, but to my mind, one objective dominates all others: reducing the scourge of …

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Eight years of Doha trade talks : where do we stand

Bouet, Antoine; Laborde, David - HAL - 2010

. We study how this trade reform can be more development-friendly. …In 2001, the World Trade Organization launched a highly ambitious program of multilateral liberalization. Eight years … evaluation of these various proposals shows how trade negotiations have been following countries' strategic interests. In eight …

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Firm Productivity and Investment Climate in Developing Countries: How Does Middle East and North Africa Manufacturing Perform?

Plane, Patrick; Veganzones, Marie-Ange; Kinda, Tidiane - HAL - 2011

Firm productive performances in five Middle East and North African (MENA) economies and eight manufacturing industries are compared to those in 17 other developing countries. Although the broad picture hides some heterogeneity, enterprises in MENA often performed inadequately compared to MENA...

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Firm Productivity and Investment Climate in Developing Countries: How Does Middle East and North Africa Manufacturing Perform?

Plane, Patrick; Veganzones, Marie-Ange; Kinda, Tidiane - HAL - 2011

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When Does a Developing Country Use New Technologies?

Bruno, Olivier; Van, Cuong Le; Masquin, Benoît - HAL - 2009

We develop a model of optimal pattern of economic development that is ﬁrst rooted in physical capital accumulation and … importation of technological capital to the second stage of development. This result is due to a threshold effect from which new …

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Monetary Management in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Analysis.

Duesenberry, J.S; McPherson, M.F. - Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), … - 1991

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Bank Competition and Credit Constraints in Developing Countries: New Evidence

LEON, Florian - HAL - 2014

Bank Competition and Credit Constraints in Developing Countries: New Evidence Whether competition helps or hinders small firms' access to finance is in itself a much debated question in the economic literature and in policy circles, especially in the developing world. Economic theory offers...

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Deforestation and Seigniorage in Developing Countries: A Tradeoff?

Combes, Jean-Louis; Motel, Pascale Combes; Minea, Alexandru - HAL - 2014

Most of countries covered by natural forests are developing countries, with limited ability to levy taxes and restrained access to international credit markets; consequently, they are amenable to draw heavily on two sources of government financing, namely seigniorage and deforestation revenues....

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Bank Competition and Credit Constraints in Developing Countries: New Evidence

LEON, Florian - HAL - 2014

Whether competition helps or hinders small firms' access to finance is in itself a much debated question in the economic literature and in policy circles, especially in the developing world. Economic theory offers conflicting predictions and empirical contributions provide mixed results. This...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899689